Tomorrow is the big night when all the little ghouls, goblins and witches show up to say, "trick or treat". Kids now are dressed mostly spiderman and princesses - they're missing the point if you ask me. I know the whole dead thing is scary to kids, but isn't it something they're going to have to deal with eventually anyway? The culture in the US and Canada is one of 'if we don't deal with it, it's not happening' in regards to death. Mexican children are very accustomed to the idea of death and probably less fearful. So rather than dressing little Johnny/Janey up like a cartoon character stick them in a trusty old bedsheet and send them out into the night as a spooky ghost and scare the crap out of them with stories of 'the afterlife'. No kid of mine would be a frickin' sissy spiderman. (Probably why I don't have any). I'm such a cruel bastard.

Think about the roots of the day as you read below.

Blatantly stolen from MSNBC:

Celtic Samhain - In the fifth century B.C., Celts who lived in what is now Ireland, Britain and northern France celebrated New Year – called Samhain (pronounced Sow-en) – on Nov. 1. They believed that on Oct. 31, Samhain eve, the veil between the living and the dead was lifted, and that spirits would search for living bodies to possess. To frighten the spirits away, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes, making them frigid and unwelcoming, and dress up in ghoulish attire, noisily parading around town in an unruly and destructive manner. Some accounts tell of how the Celts would burn at the stake a person who was believed to have already been possessed as a warning to the other spirits.

Roman Pomona Day - After the Romans invaded Britain in the first century A.D., they merged their Pomona Day festival, also celebrated on Nov. 1 and dedicated to their goddess of fruits and gardens, with the Celtic holiday. The Romans were said to have substituted the sacrifice of humans with burning effigies, a custom that was transferred to England’s Guy Fawkes Day after the notorious attempt to blow up parliament in 1605.

Christian All Saints and All Souls Day - In the ninth century, Christians began to celebrate All Saints Day (All Hallow’s Eve) on Nov. 1 and later All Souls Day on Nov. 2. Present-day trick-or-treating is thought to have originated with Christians going door to door begging for “soul cakes,” or bread with currants. The more cakes the beggars received, the more prayers they would say on behalf of the donor’s deceased relatives.

Irish bring Halloween to America - Irish bring Halloween to America: The mix of autumnal harvest traditions was transported to the United States by Irish immigrants fleeing their country’s potato famine in the 1840’s, and the jack-o’-lantern custom was probably brought to America with them. According to folklore, Jack -- a wayward drunkard who tricked the devil -- was denied access to heaven and hell. But the devil gave Jack a single ember to light his way through the emptiness, and he placed the ember inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it from going out. When the Irish landed in the United States, they found that pumpkins were more plentiful than turnips and made their “Jack’s lanterns” out of them instead.

Today is day one of Dov S-S Simens' 2-Day Film School™ for me. I'm kind of excited. As I have a 24/7 parking space at work I thought I'd save 18 bucks for parking over the next the two days, come early and walk down to Robson Square for the course. I thought I might as well grab a cup o' Joe and my CD case that I forgot yesterday here at my desk. I'm at work at 7 a.m. on a Saturday which is unusal to say the least. I've been interrogated by the CSR's and Support folks already. Matt S just asked if I forgot to go home... I'm dumb but not that dumb.

Oh well. I'm off. Wish me luck. This could be fun.

CBC News: Bin Laden claims responsibility for 9/11
True or bullshit? I'm not sure. Isn't it convenient that this tape, the first video in almost wto years of Osama, would show up basically on the eve of the US election. Sounds fishy to me. More magic video tricks? perhaps.

How to Make a Zombie ... Just in case you were wondering.

I love Boston Terriers. That outfit is too much.

David Hasselhoff pleaded no contest on a drunk driving charge. I still think he could have gotten off if he would have claimed it was KITT doing the driving. Hasselhoff's an asshat. For enhanced viewing of this article please download and listen to the knightrider theme (380kb mp3) while reading.

Play this cool game and attempt to give George Bush a brain. Thanks to Bubba in TX for this 'un. Yeehaaawww!

Discovery Channel :: News :: Brain in a Dish Flies Plane
I guess we all had better pack it in. Rat brains will be doing our jobs soon. Thanks Matt.

Lingerie Challenge - Leisure Suit Larry. A nsaty new game to play. Thanks to Yezi Farded for the link.

Looks like the Bambino's curse has been lifted. The Boston Red Sox have finally won a World Series, after 86 years of bad luck. This year was their year. Congrats Sox!

Perhaps a part of the reason they won was all the bad karma that those assholish Yankees fans created for themselves. The cleat may be on the other foot from now on. They've already gone down in baseball history as the only team to ever blow a 3-0 lead in a series; and to their arch-rivals. Serves you right. Smug Bastids.

Victory couldn't be sweeter for Red Sox fans. Lance, Neil and Jackson are like giddy little school girls in a candy store this morning.

Perhap the Cubs will win one soon. It's been 96 years for them. They haven't won since 1908. They're cursed too. There's definitive proof. Remember Steve Bartman? Has he been murdered yet?

Oh yeah, Yankees suck!

A cool (and related) Nike Ad.

Croc Park is the way oh-so abused and overused genre of reality TV should be used. It's a show about making a fake movie using real unsuspecting actors who think the writing (which is atrocious) is actually great. Cool! Where do I sign up?

I am a self-admitted practicing fart aficionado. I do enjoy a good toot of my own. As Fat Bastard in Autin Powers says, "we do love our own brand". And, although smelling a stranger's gaseous emission is rather disturbing to the point of near vomitus, I do appreciate the sound and force with which each crepitation is expelled. I was pleasantly surprised to discover the following video of a gentleman whom, through the magic of video post production I presume, has become, in my vast fart judging experience, one of the most potent gasbags ever to have walked the Earth. Enjoy: scheet.wmv (1.14 mb)

MSNBC - Ancient hobbit-sized human species discovered
Ooh! We wondersss if they've found my precioussssss...

If you are a fan of the Muppets and Halloween then Tough Pigs Journal -- The Muppet Fan Halloween Parade is the place for you. Great stuff!

Here's proof!: weenieroast.mp3 (1.62mb)

ExtremePumpkins.com - Extreme Pumpkin Carving
Get ready for Sunday... the little ghouls and goblins will be showing up in force.

This gem of an audio file: reasons-for-terrorism.mp3 (676 kb) was sent by Carol (who lived in Saudi Arabia and says it's all true) via her co-worker Maria.

Check out Mosh by Eminem and GNN.tv. There a broadband and dial up version here too. They want you to vote and it isn't for Bush.

MTV.com - News -Ashlee Blames Gastric Distress For 'SNL' Lip-Synch Snafu

What a load of crapola. I have been taking medication for this disorder for years. I suffer from a severe form of it and when it flares up it is nothing short of horrific. However, the only reason for a flare up is not having access to my medication which, with only one pill, basically cures the entire situation for the next 24 hours. In all those years, even at it's worst, I have never, ever, lost my voice.

Perhaps she really does have acid reflux, but using it as an excuse for why you were lipsynching is just plain assinine. I heard her caterwauling the same tune on the Radio Music Awards last night. She did it live. You know how I could tell? Because she sucked. That and Moosh, our dog, peed herself before she ran to hide from the auditory assault.

More on this crap from MSNBC.

MilliVan-Ashlee from MovieJuice.

BILL 71 -- 2004: SAFE STREETS ACT
Bye bye aggressive panhandling in BC. It's not going as easily as the Liberals had hoped. I think it needs a little work myself but the rant by Jenny Qwak (that's on purpose) is a little much. Where was Joyous McFailure on this one? I'm sure she'll chime in at the very last minute today. Sigh...

Check out THE ZOOMQUILT | a collaborative art project. Click on the picture and move your mouse to zoom in or out. Thanks to Chuff for this cool bit of art.

Not so much. There's a huge cache of weapons missing from a US controlled site in Iraq. Things go awry on Ol' GW's watch again. Perhaps we'll hear that John Kerry snuck over to Iraq and stole the weapons himself. It has to be spun somehow. The cat's kind of out of the proverbial bag.

Science fiction writer William Gibson sums it up pretty well.

UPDATE: Here comes the spin ... here too (or is it). I don't know who to believe. Apparently 60 Minutes had planned to release this on the eve of the election in (I assume) the hope of foiling Bush's re-election with more spin. Count me glad I don't live in the US and have to sort out this mess of lies prior to voting. At least in Canada we know ALL of the politicians are twits and con people. We're rotten at spin and re-elect these goofs al the time even when we know the facts. For clarification please see the sponsorship scandal and the oh-so whacky Governor General's lavish spending (and she's an appointed official for God's sake).

Oh Canada ...

I'm so confused. What better time for a picture of Oolong the Rabbit (who died tragically in January) with a cakeroll on his head? Just for you Kelly G. And I quote, "What is the gift?"

Who Links To Me - for the ultimate narcissist within you

Adrants: Ashlee Simpson Croaks On Live TV
I was channel surfing to purposely miss the second Ashlee Simpson performance of the night and completely missed out. The first one was terrible. She was obviously, lipsynching and very badly. It appears things went really awry for the second performance. Now that I've seen it, in a way, I'm glad I missed it. Having been on stage I know how painful it is to foul up in front of everyone.

However, the whole walking off the stage thing isn't really cool. The performers creed is "the show must go on". You are there for the audience not for you. Perhaps the fact that this person hasn't really earned her place could be the reason this happened. She even blamed the band. "booooooooo!" She can't dance, she can't sing and doesn't have the guts to fight through a boo-boo. Age and experience? Maybe. But still not an excuse. There are plenty of kid performers who wouldn't just walk away. My bet is we won't be seeing much more of her except to make fun of her. Perhaps her big sister will help her out of this jam (as I'm sure she helped her into it) by throwing more money at the spin machine.

Ashlee, take your dopey pants and silly boots to some dance and singing classes and fire your stylist. *sigh*

I know. Harsh. I guess I just resent people having fame and fortune handed to them while I actually have to work for it.

WolfpacksforTruth.org: The Real Story on George Bush's "Wolves" Commercial.

Proof that George W Bush is the AntiChrist.
Why do I hear cuckoo clocks in my head?

Check out this song (2mb mp3). It's a song by Anthrax called Got the Time. I've been looking for it forever, but didn't know the name of it. Well now I do. I just had to share. Weeeeeeee! I thought it was "Chicken in my head!" but the actual lyrics are:

Wake Up, Got Another Day to Get,
Through Now, Got Another Man to See
Gotta Call Him on the Telephone Ay-o
Gotta Find a Piece of Paper
Sit Down, Got Another Letter to Write,
Think Hard, Gotta Get a Letter Just Right
Little Ringin' on the Telephone Oh No,
Gotta Write Another Letter
No Such Thing as Tomorrow
All We Want
Two, Three, Go!
Time, Got the Time Tick Tick Tickin' in My Head
Time, Got the Time Tick Tick Tickin' in My Head
Time, Got the Time Tick Tick Tickin' in My Head
Tickin' in My Head, Tickin' in My Head, Tickin' in My Head
If I, Tell Ya What I'm Doing Today
Will You, Shut up and Get out of My Way
Someone Ask Me What the Time Is, I Don't Know
Only Know I Gotta Go Now
No Time, Tryin' Ta Get a Watch Repaired
No Time, Never Got a Thing to Wear
Little Ringin' on the Telephone
Oh No, Hear a Ringin' in My Head Now
No Such Thing as Tomorrow
All We Want
Two, Three, Go!
Time, Got the Time Tick Tick Tickin' in My Head
Time, Got the Time Tick Tick Tickin' in My Head
Time, Got the Time Tick Tick Tickin' in My Head
Tickin' in My Head, Tickin' in My Head, Tickin' in My Head
No Such Thing as Tomorrow
All We Want
Two, Three, Go!
Time, Got the Time Tick Tick Tickin' in My Head
Time, Got the Time Tick Tick Tickin' in My Head
Time, Got the Time Tick Tick Tickin' in My Head
Tickin' in My Head, Tickin' in My Head
Tickin' in My Head!

Chicken in my head is way more fun.

More misheard song lyrics.

A fun little halloween game from CBC.

INTRNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY - OCTOBER 22
DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE CAPS LOCK ON ALL DAY SO EVERYONE WHO RECEIVES AN EMAIL FROM YOU FEELS LIKE THEY'RE BEING SCREAMED AT. GAWD, THAT'S HARD TO READ UGH...

To heck with caps lock... whew

KARTVADER.COM
OMG this guy is bananas. Watch the 4 minute long trailer. It's worth the 47 mb download if you want the higher res. This dude tearing around a city and highways on a suped up go-kart. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Thanks to Chuff for the heads up on this one.

Doug Bennett of Doug and the Slugs has passed away. I knew about this on Sunday but kept forgetting to post about it. Doug and the Slugs were one of the first bands I ever saw in concert and they were great. No one like Van Halen ever came to Bridgewater. NS. We saw Doug and his mery band of Slugs again just two years ago and they were still rockin'.

Sad that he's gone. To quote one of Doug's more famous songs, "too bad".

Thanks from Yezi Farded for the pic.

According to The Gawker's Diagnosing Courtney article Courney Love suffers from psychosis and anthropophobia.

Not surprising in the least. If the rotten.com dead pool folks are right she'll be out of her (and our) misery soon anyway.

Yahoo! News - Fat British feline slims down on 'Catkins' diet
No more fat kitties. They're all on low-carb high protein.

Lay off the pasta kitty. You're getting a little broad across the beam.

CBC News: Thirsty bear finds missing Moosehead
What is it lately with bears and beers?

Check out this Thorax Cake at theyrecoming.com. I, of course, like the Zombie Cake too. Just in time for Hallowe'en. Speaking of which, don't forget to skip on over to Hallowe'en is Here for another look. Boo! Scary!

Check out Jin Wicked's: Art I Hate. Bob Ross, God rest his soul, I understand, but call ing Norman Rockwell a pervert? Come on. That's just slightly offside.

Not that tourettesguy is in any way really funny. I've just never seen an actual person with Tourettes before. I can't imagine having to live with such an affliction. Can you imagine being unable to control yourself to the point where you scream oscenities at everyone? Hey wait a minute I have ahad that problem before. I'm pretty sure I don't suffer from Tourettes though. Perhaps my problem tends more toward a case of recurring assholism.

Rob G, el Presidenté here at work, sent me this little gem: Voting_Machine.wmv (2 mb windows media video)

I'm on a Bush bashing rant today. Jackson, who is sitting right here, is probably going to give me a fat lip. He says he'd never do that, but qualifies it with "GW is the man".

Hey Carol it's Pee-wee's Playhouse on DVD!

Check out this little flash movie again from Bubba in Texas. I guess there really are some Dems out there who don't like ol' Georgie.

Most car ads are pretty boring, but this one (it's a 3.5 mb mpg movie) that Chuff sent me is fairly good.

He hears there's rumours on the internets: rumorsontheinternets.com. Okay, so he's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he is the guy with his finger on the trigger. Yikes. Once again time to watch the Dead Zone. I'm talking about the movie with Christopher Walken (who I met and determined is a mad genius) not the series. Look especially at the Martin Sheen character. I know we've talked about ti here before but it's worth mentioning again.

Check out Just Letters. Drag the letters on the white board around to make dirty little saying or just watch it do it's own thing for a while. Thanks to Bubba Gump for the link. I think I'm hypnotized.

Thanks to Ken, an old pal in Nova Scotia and home to the Trailer Park Boys for pointing me to this flash game in which you need to help Ricky gather his stash while avoiding Randy and Mr Lahey. I can't wait! This coming Friday Carol and I are going to see Ricky, Julian and Bubbles at the Vancouver Comedy Festival. "That's my kitty Ricky!"

CBC News: New U.S. citizen Jim Carrey 'always proud to be a Canadian'
For tax purposes methinks...

American Idol's William Hung Found Dead of Heroin Overdose
Before you all flip your little wigs, it is a gag. I'm sure William is just fine and about to put out a third album full of yowling like an alley cat that's been hit by a car.

I was listening to the Beatles album (CD actually) Revolver the other day and we heard Tomorrow Never Knows. A trippy tune that John Lennon wrote while reading the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Screenhead.com had a link to a flash video of the tune on it today. Very timely. I feel a flashback coming on... Weeeee! Look at the tracers.

Check out Elite Designers against IKEA. Brilliant!

"Design inspiration is everywhere; in the call of a Blue Tit whose wing is wounded; in the smell of rain on the cheek of an enfant."

I know it was yesterday but I didn't see the picture from Gracie until I came in to work this morning.

Superman actor Christopher Reeve has passed away. After a fall from a horse 9 years ago paralyzed him Reeve went through hell but came out a winner proving he really was a 'Superman'. He became a world renowned advocate for spinal cord research. Reeve also returned to the film biz playing the shut in Jason Kemp in a 'for TV' remake of Hitchcock's Rear Window among other things.

Two words for Carol from Pauly ... Robby Benson

Make your own sign right here.

Martha Stewart Reports to Jail to Begin Sentence
She's in the slammer finally. Evil woman.

Honestly though, Martha Stewart, in the kilnk? What's the world coming to. Who ever really thought she would do time? Not me. Carol still reads her magazine (she has a subscription). So we have been doing our part to help Martha fund her defense. I guess when you really did do it, unless you're OJ.

I hope Martha boned up on her Prison Slang here and here before she went in. She won't know what people are talking about. She, being a fish, may get green lighted to be shanked in the chow line over some drama about a choney bar when the screws are tossing cells.

She even got strip searched. Apparently she had suitcased some napkin rings and matching candle holders. Looks like a write up and off to the hole right away for ol' Martha. Jail - It's not a good thing.

Here's a little cartoon starring George W Bush, Gary Busey and 2 Ferrets with crosses carved into their foreheads.

If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.

With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1,000.00.

With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left.

But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have had $214.00.

Based on the above, current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. It's called the 401-Keg Plan

Thanks to my old friend and math wizard Ken for this little tidbit. However, investing in this way would not be prudent for someone like myself as I would, no doubt, drink the profit using the money saved by cashing in cans to buy more beer. Sad but true.

I'm not ... are you? Take the Gay Test.

stopmotion is worth a look. I remember this trick used on Sesame Street when I was a wee lad. I used to wish I could fly around like those people. It would be fun to do my own stop motion video with my camera. Just like the old clay-mation Clash of the Titans/7th Voyage of Sinbad kind of stuff that Carol laughs at.

Reined-in puppet love earns an 'R'
Yes, the South Park creators are at it again. I guess Matt and Trey should have read their contracts a little more carefully. They were supposed to deliver an R rated Team America rather than the NC 17 one they did. Apparently it had to go before the ratings board 10 times. LOL! It appears that not everyone can stomach simulated puppet sex. For God's sake it's puppets... not like the real thing. If people find it 'dirty' it's perception. Hello, puppets...!!! Come on. Is America really that puritanical? Look out Janet Jackson's tit is coming to get you!! Oh the horror...

Thanks to Jacksonian (a dyed in the wool Republican) for the links and the quote "ewwwwww puppet blow jobs. Not sexy. Cut away..." But, in his defense he also said, "I can't wait. I read one review that says it offends everyone. Which is good."

Yahoo! News - Comic Rodney Dangerfield Dies in L.A. at Age 82
A comedy genius. I'll miss his whiny style. He kicked ass in Caddyshack as crazy man Al Czervik. I also loved him a lesser known role playing Juliette Lewis's perverted dad in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (here's the script).

He gets my respect...

It's how I feel... He looks better in the outfit though.

Goferboy: NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!

TommyBoy you're hiding links from old mikey? Anyway, this is frickin hilarious. The real soup nazi! Holy shit is he bananas. I want to go into his store and ask if Jerry is around... NO SOUP FOR ME!!!

I wonder if the people who made the scooters that Costanza rode around on when he was pretending to have a handicap are as pissed off as the soup nazi?

I'm can't stop laughing... what the hell is he looking at... Big file but worth the download.

What if the whole world could vote for the next US President? At BetaVote.com you can get a sense of how things might go. LOL!

iJuan v2.0 sent the link.

This kid too ... now that's hockey ... back row left for all you blind folks.

Check out WILLIAM SHATNER HAS BEEN... especially the cover of Joe Jackson's Common People. Thanks to Tommy Boy for the heads up on the Shatner CD.

Monobrow.com - Celebrating the Unity of Your Eyebrows

Carol always says, "It's a sign of lunacy!"

Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam - Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Thannks to Matt S our intrepid volcaono watching volunteer.

Okay. I'm not sure how anyone could mistake his own willy for a chicken neck in the first place. After such grievous injury having Fido gobble the ol' wanker up like a Snausage doggy snack really makes for a bad day.

Mt St Helens farted again. Here's the webcam. We're still waiting for the big bang. This mountain is such a tease.

hopp hopp (crazy kungfu, gymnastics, flipping or whatever it is - very nifty) - video
Comes to us from the new Gawker blog Screenhead. Thanks Jacksonnian.

Not only can Red the dog let himself out of his cage to raid the kitchen at the kennel. He lets his buddies out too. You can witness the event here with pictures!

Actress Janet Leigh Dies at 77
Who was Janet Leigh you ask? She was mom of Jamie Lee Curtis ex-wife of Tony Curtis and the woman murdered in the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

Take care of your scrotum: SCROTAL SAFETY COMMISSION

I saw this in many different palces today and it was too good to pass up. Read carefully. It's funny stuff.

MSNBC - SpaceShipOne soars into history and wins $10 million. Too bad it goes to Richard Branson, the Virgin billionaire. Space travel now. What's next? Vacations on the moon? How Space 1999 is that?

This live web cam: Kat Kam is looking at the Burrard Street Bridge in downtown Vancouver. I work in a building down on the corner of Burrard and Pacific and I have a funny feeling this camera is either in the same building or very close by building as the angles look fairly familiar. I'm going to do some more research to see if I can find out where it is exactly.

UPDATE: The camera is not in our building. If you look at the panoramic shot and scroll all the way to the right in the enlarged veiw the building I work in the the ugly brick building on the corner continuing up Burrard and onto Pacific.

Accordin to this article at Hollywood North Report - Canada's Premier Film and TV News Source, George A Romero's 4th film in the Dead series starts shooting in Toronto on October 11. How freakin' cool is that? Still it is TO. Perhaps we can convince them Vancouver is better. That way I can get me a part. *sigh* Dare to dream.

Check out Obi Wan's Jedi Academy. If the Internet had been around when I was a young'un I'd have been an even bigger nerd.

Tom Green has a blog too ... Tom's Blog ... I wonder if he puts his bum on the blog?

True bravery is arriving home late after a boy's night out, being assaulted by your wife with a broom, and still having the guts to ask - "Are you cleaning, or were you flying somewhere?"

Thanks Monkee.

MSNBC - Steam eruption under way at Mount St. Helens Seismologists predicted release for several days after earthquakes

Kind of an anticlimactic fart if you ask me.

Perhaps too easy for this photo.

Check out this Something Awful photoshop fun. Thanks to Bonkura!

The short story: Loud and Fun! Classic Ministry!


Carol and I went to the Ministry show last night. We had a gas! There was the usual possé of whackos that we see at the metal shows we go to. I guess it's a fairly small community so we often see the same folks from show to show. The first band, Hanzel und Gretyl, were great. Their set was extremely loud and mostly in German (which I don't understand), but cool all the same. It was unsettling to see a creepy German dude marching around dressed up like the Kaiser with two skinny ugly chicks and a drummer who kept standing up on his kit and flipping off the crowd. They started off with a song in English called "Third Reich from the Sun". Here's a sample: 3rd-reich-sample.mp3 (240kb MP3). You can hear the whole thing on their website under the "interactive" section. We must buy the CD. Here's a review of Uber Alles.

The second band was an industrial musical intitution know as My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult. In a word: sucked. I was extremely disappointed by them and after a few songs I was ready to slap the lead singer, Groovie Mann, who was stoned out of his melon, mumbling nonsense and saying things like "I don't know where I am". Nice. I paid a portion of $40 per tickets to watch this asshole fall all over himself. Not much better was the 200+ pound fat chick singing backup. She was squeezed into a corset she was pouring out of from all possible seams and creases. Gross. I need brainwashing to erase the memory of it. After about 3 songs I felt like a hostage in a bank hold up just waiting to be set free.

Last but surely not least was freakshow Al Jourgensen and Ministry. Holy shit! They were great. The first thing we saw was someone in a George W Bush mask flipping off the crowd. Then AL J came out and beat the tar out of George. He really wailed on the guy. They just went full throttle and didn't stop. The band did a pile of songs from their latest offering, Houses of the Molé (which I love) and tore the place up with NWO, Just one Fix and Thieves to name a few of the 'oldies'. The place went nuts for those. I was extremely happy with what I saw and heard for the main set and would have went away satisfied at just that.

The encore, however, went even further. A person who I didn't recognize at first (as he was so fat) came out on stage and began ranting about Geroge W Bush attempting to reinstate the draft and working behind the scenes with the Canadian government to prevent draft dodging by changing laws 'behind our backs'. Who was this? Why, Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys fame of course. He has worked with Al Jourgensen on a number of projects, not the least of which was a band called Lard. We were treated to some Lard live last night with Jello on vocals. A very cool surprise.

Jello, lay off the pasta and doughnuts. It doesn't look good on you.

We went home with smiles on our faces and ringing ears (they're still going)...